Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Marvel Papercraft: Human Torch Mask

Comic Book Character Mask Series - Part 5It has been a while, but I have finally finished another Marvel Comics mask. In the unlikely case you aren't familiar with the subject of this mask, the Human Torch (Johnny Storm) is a superhero with fire powers...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Robby the CubeBot Papercraft

Entitled "Robby the CubeBot", this robot papercraft is a hako version of Robby the Robot from the classic 1956 Science Fiction movie, Forbidden Planet. The template was designed by Hobby Talk Forum member "Airdave" and is available here. Once upon a...
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Friday, June 26, 2009

Tron Papercraft: Sark's Identity Disc

I finally got around to finishing the companion to the Tron's Identity Disc papercraft I posted two weeks ago. This is the identity disc of Tron's enemy, Sark. In the original Tron movie, heros are colored blue while villians are colored red, so the...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Star Wars Papercraft: Jedi Holocron

In the Stars Wars universe, holocrons are crystal-lattice devices into which both the Jedi and the Sith record their experiences and knowledge for future generations. Jedi holocrons come in a variety of geometric shapes, while Sith holocrons are typically...
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Monday, June 22, 2009

Iron Man Origami

These two Iron Man origami pieces were designed by origami artist Brian Chan in 2008. Each was folded from a single square of paper. To give you an idea of the scale, the mask is about the size of the palm of your hand. If you would like to give either...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Ra Staff Headpiece Build

Joe in North Carolina did an excellent build of my Headpiece to the Staff of Ra papercraft, so I thought I would share some of his photos. I have to say I think he did a better job on his than I did on my own. ^^ Great work J...
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Star Trek Papercraft: Klingon Knife

Here's another papercraft based on a 3D model from the Star Trek Voyager Elite Force video game. This is the game's version of the D'k tahg, the traditional Klingon warrior's knife. The knife is seen only briefly in the video game when the player must...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

David Bowie Paper Mask

This printable paper mask depicts British singer David Bowie dressed as one of his many personas. This particular Bowie persona shares its name with his 1973 album, Aladdin Sane, the name being an intentional pun on "A lad insane". The mask is offered...
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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Japanese Deep Sea Papercraft

From the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) comes a nice assortment of deep sea papercraft. In addition to eight sea creature papercraft there are papercraft of two submarines, a ship and an oceanographic buoy. My favorite...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Tron's Identity Disc Papercraft

Back in January after I posted my Tron Bit papercraft I got a request to do some Tron identity disc papercraft. Today I am finally delivering! The 3D model used to create this papercraft was taken from the Tron 2.0 video game. I created a disc texture...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Camo Jaguar Papercraft

This two piece papercraft Jaguar comes from the company website (Japanese version) of British fashion designer Sir Paul Smith. What at first appears to be a typical camouflage paint scheme on closer inspection is actually overlapping silhouettes of...
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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Star Trek Papercraft: Hypospray

I have finished my second papercraft based on 3D models from the Star Trek Voyager Elite Force video game. This is the hypospray used in the game by the Emergency Medical Hologram (also known as "The Doctor"). Hyposprays are tools used to give injections...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

Paper First Person Shooter Glasses

I thought this was at the same time amusing and thought provoking. These glasses were created by German performance artist Aram Bartholl for use in one of his projects. Bartholl describes his intent as follows:"In the project First Person Shooter, the...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Steak 'n Shake '64 1/2 Mustang Paper Model

Several weeks ago I stopped at a local Steak 'n Shake restaurant and found out they were giving away free paper car models with their kids meals. The cars looked pretty awesome so I had to get my hands on one. ^-^ The construction of the cars is glueless,...
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